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The Cove by LJ Ross
4.0
I actually listened to this novel on Audiobooks and not Audible, however there wasn't an edition there for it.
This is classified as a "cozy mystery" but I don't think there was anything cozy about it! Gabrielle (Gabby) has a great job she loves in publishing, a fiance, friends and a good life in London. Then one night after a special event, she is late getting the tube home and suffers a traumatic and life-altering experience at the hands of the "tube killer". Fortunately she survives, although with little memory of the event and with debilitating PTSD and anxiety. She decides a complete change is necessary - leaving her thoughtless and callous fiance, job and London behind, she moves to a small cove to be the manager of an up and coming local bookstore run by the vivacious and warm Nell. Before long, Gabby is settled into the cove in a lovely cottage and surrounded by a circle of wonderful friends. But all is not peaceful in the cove, and when Gabby is the sole witness to a terrifying attack on a young woman one rainy night, she is in danger once again.
This is a quick and entertaining listen, at just under 6 hours, and I thoroughly enjoyed the narrator's enthusiasm and accent. The atmosphere wavers between idyllic and menacing and the action is nonstop. A perfect summer mystery. I will be looking for more novels from LJ Ross.
This is classified as a "cozy mystery" but I don't think there was anything cozy about it! Gabrielle (Gabby) has a great job she loves in publishing, a fiance, friends and a good life in London. Then one night after a special event, she is late getting the tube home and suffers a traumatic and life-altering experience at the hands of the "tube killer". Fortunately she survives, although with little memory of the event and with debilitating PTSD and anxiety. She decides a complete change is necessary - leaving her thoughtless and callous fiance, job and London behind, she moves to a small cove to be the manager of an up and coming local bookstore run by the vivacious and warm Nell. Before long, Gabby is settled into the cove in a lovely cottage and surrounded by a circle of wonderful friends. But all is not peaceful in the cove, and when Gabby is the sole witness to a terrifying attack on a young woman one rainy night, she is in danger once again.
This is a quick and entertaining listen, at just under 6 hours, and I thoroughly enjoyed the narrator's enthusiasm and accent. The atmosphere wavers between idyllic and menacing and the action is nonstop. A perfect summer mystery. I will be looking for more novels from LJ Ross.